IT took me back watching a game of kids football at Eagley Sports Complex last Saturday. And it takes me aback why anyone should criticise people who contribute to putting on games like this. The contest in question was Eagley v Bolton County
IF the future of Bolton’s thriving theatre scenes lies with today’s youngsters then it is in safe hands with BCMCS Youth Theatre. The cast put in an enjoyable, polished and funny performance of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at the
You Me At Six Manchester O2 Apollo You Me At Six rose to success in 2008 with the release of their debut album, Take Off Your Colours and they haven't looked back since. When the lights went down and the music started, the screams and cheers
DOUGIE Freedman will be searching for “blue chip” investments as he looks to avoid a repeat of this season’s disappointment. Pointing to the £1.5million acquisition of Jay Spearing last August, the Wanderers boss is eyeing more players of similar
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl has been found hanged at a house in Breightmet. Tributes to Aleysha Rothwell have been pouring in from devastated friends and family, including her mum, on Facebook and Twitter since she was found dead at her home in Crossdale
Seven more players from Football League clubs based in the north west of England have been arrested in connection with alleged spot-fixing - and another six rearrested over the claims. The 13 footballers, aged between 18 and 30, are being interviewed
AN 87-year-old woman passenger has died more than two months after a fatal motorway crash that also killed the driver. Joyce Livesey died at Royal Preston Hospital earlier this week, more than two months after she was injured in a three-car crash
THE trial of a man accused of threatening his neighbour with an air gun has been turned into a “James Bond thriller”, a court heard. David Snape is alleged to have threatened Mr Bond (that's John Bond - not James) with a gas-powered BB gun after
A RETIRED Bolton referee is joining an eight strong team in a charity walk from Lands End to John O’Groats Mark Halsey will be taking part in the gruelling challenge in aid of the Steve Prescott Foundation. The foundation was set up in the in the
BAKERS from Bolton are being invited to take part in an annual cake sale. Help for Heroes Colossal Cake Sale events will take place across the country between April 19 and May 5. Emma Parry, co-founder of Help for Heroes, said: “A cake sale
A SUSPECTED cannabis farmer will be tried in crown court. Richard Cameron, aged 36, of Alexandra Road, Lostock, appeared before magistrates accused of producing a quantity of cannabis and dishonestly using some electricity on December 2 last year
A BREIGHTMET man received a suspended sentence after he admitted vandalising a car and trying to break into a sandwich shop Jason Oudomvilay, aged 35, of Lydgate Avenue, pleaded guilty to entering Burstin’ Butty in Deane Road while armed with a bladed
A MOTORIST will stand trial after denying dangerous driving in Nelson Street, Bolton. Luke Bracegirdle, aged 22, of Fortune Street, Great Lever, denies dangerous driving, driving without insurance, not driving in accordance with a licence and failing
A HORWICH resident has reported smelling a strange, gas-like odour near his house. The resident, who did not want to be named, said the smell, which engulfed his home near Claypool Road in Horwich for about two days was “very strong”. He added
FAMILIES can look forward to a summer fun day in Edgworth. The Edgworth 5k/10k Reservoir Challenge and fun day takes place from 11am on June 8.
HEALTH chiefs are “looking at options” to cope with demand for GP services during the Easter bank holiday. Directors of Bolton Clinical Commiss-ioning Group (CCG) say they could roll out a similar pilot to the one tested at Christmas — which saw
A WOMAN was ordered to pay costs of £165 after she admitted switching price tags to pay less for a window blind in B&Q. Shelly Greyo, aged 36, of Spinners Mews, School Hill, Bolton, pleaded guilty to committing fraud by false representation
TWO-thirds of men in the North West do not know how to check themselves for the signs of testicular cancer, according to new research. Male cancer charity Orchid surveyed 3,000 men across the UK. Orchid’s first freephone male cancer helpline
MORE than 50 shops and houses were left without power in Horwich after an underground electricity box blew-up. Firefighters were called to Brownlow Road at about 3pm yesterday when a manhole cover was blown-off by a electrical fire underground.
BOLTON residents over the age of 55 can receive free will-writing advice. The scheme has been devised by Marie Curie Cancer Care . The initiative will run until May. For more information contact Kim Smith on 0161 255 2815 or Kimberley.smith
ASTLEY Bridge councillor John Walsh will give a talk on the history of Bolton on Wednesday at 7.30pm. Tickets for the event, which will be held at Bolton Parish Church Hall in Silverwell Street, cost £3 including a pie and peas supper. For information
A CAR wash has submitted plans to increase the size of the main entrance. Heaton Car Valeting also wants to remove the internal offices at their site in Chorley Old Road. Officers at Bolton Council’s planning committee will examine the plans
THE Old Post Office in Bradshaw is set to undergo a revamp, after planning officers approved plans to replace all the windows. The owners of the historic building in Bradshaw Road which is now a house, had to apply for special permission to replace
CHILDREN and babies will remembered at an annual service at the Royal Bolton Hospital. The service will take place at 2pm on Sunday in the staff restaurant in E block. Crèche facilities are available for young children.
ENTERTAINER Ricky K will perform at an evening hosted by The Inner Wheel Club of Horwich. The event will be held on Friday, May 9, at Horwich RMI in Ramsbottom Road, 7.30pm start.
PEOPLE can try their hand at an electric car racing game in Astley Bridge on Sunday. Scalextech will set up a Scalextric track at the Conservative Club, Moss Bank Way, Astley Bridge, from noon to 5pm.
CHILDREN can enjoy storytelling in Moss Bank Park this weekend. On the first Saturday of every month, the Hive centre, run by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, welcomes storytellers from Stone Soup for a day of interactive storytelling. For more
CASH and a mobile phone were stolen during a burglary at a home in Bolton. The theft happened between Tuesday and Wednesday in Brandwood Street.
OSCAR-winning film The Artist will be showing at Bolton Library on Wednesday as part of the silver screenings seasons. The showing is at 2pm and admission is free.
A BOLTON Euro MP has promised UKIP will threaten both Labour and the Conservatives in coming European and council elections as the party’s membership hits record levels. Deputy leader Paul Nuttall hailed the party as the biggest story in politics
PEOPLE from Bolton are being invited to apply to feature in the next series of Channel 4’s The Undateables. The programme follows disabled people and those with a variety of conditions in their quests to find love. Call production company Betty
PEOPLE will be able to bid for items at a church auction in Tyldesley. The event will take place on Saturday, April 12, at the Methodist Church in Elliott Street and viewing of lots will begin at 10.30am. The auction will start at noon and
BOLTON West MP Julie Hilling, pictured, has given her support to a protest by probation officers over plans to privatise 70 per cent of the service. Dozens of workers picketed outside Bolton Magistrates Court on Tuesday as part of a day-and-a-half
HORWICH women are invited to hit the right notes at a choir meeting. The Kadenza women’s choir meet every Monday between 7.30pm and 9.30pm at St John’s Methodist Church in Victoria Road. For more information call Moira Hill on 01204 699673.
THE next meeting of the Horwich Heritage Society will take place on Tuesday, April 8. It will feature a talk from Stephen Halliwell about Bolton astronomer, Stephen Halliwell and will take place at the Horwich Resource Centre in Beaumont Road from
NEW floodlights and higher fencing will be installed in Moss Bank Park tennis courts as part of a range of improvements. The existing fencing will be replaced with a four-metre high mesh panel fence, and 10-metre high floodlights will be put up.
BURGLARS broke into a Breightmet home stealing electrical items and a ballbearing gun. The home in Maryland Avenue was burgled on Monday after an unlocked window was prised open.
A TEAM offering free adult cycle training on behalf of Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has clocked up its 2,000th training session. The sessions, delivered by qualified cycling instructors, cater for beginners, existing cyclists wanting
BOLTON School’s Kidzone has started a Friday Evening Movie Night Club. The wraparound childcare facility, Kidzone screens two films, one for children aged four to eight and another for those aged eight to 13. The Easter Holiday Club will run
A NEW Year’s Eve assault on a woman has led to a man appearing before Bolton magistrates. Karl Partington, aged 50, of George Street, Farnworth, pleaded guilty and was given a conditional discharge for 12 months. He must also pay £85 prosecution
A man has denied a charge of assault. Leon Allen, aged 19, of Mill Hill, Little Hulton, has pleaded not guilty to the attack on another man, which is alleged to have happened on March 1. He will appear at Bolton Magistrates Court on June 24
ST ANDREW’S Church pinnacle is set to rise from the rubble next week as workmen move in to start repairs at the storm-damaged building. A pinnacle on the tower of the Ramsbottom church was destroyed in a freak lightning strike on July 23 last year
A BOLTON fine arts group will host a talk next month. European art expert Michael Howard will give the talk, Paradise Lost and Regained: an Interpretation of European Landscape, in the Library Theatre at Bolton Central Library, at 10.30am on Tuesday
PARTICIPANTS who want to share their thoughts about changes to hospital and GP services are being sought by NHS bosses. The Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group has organised an event on Saturday, April 12, to find out what parts of the service
BOLTON magistrates have fined a man £50 after he admitted damaging a house window, worth £150. Simon Hickey, aged 32, of Southfield Drive, Westhoughton, was also ordered to pay £75 compensation, £85 prosecution costs and a £20 victim surcharge.
THE company behind the refurbishment of an Atherton school has been rewarded. Conlon Construction, the firm behind the £2.2 million refurbishment project at St Philips CE Primary School in Atherton, has received a gold award from the Considerate
LEGOLAND has got behind Greater Manchester Police’s 40th anniversary by building the force’s crest. Special constable Alex Bidolak, who works as a master model builder at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre at The Trafford Centre, built the crest, which
THAT excellent TV series Silk leaves our screens this week and for fans it’s all far too soon. Our own brilliant Maxine Peake has been outstanding in the current series, with first-class storylines that examine the characters’ lives and failings.
DID you see the very moving video of the 40 year-old deaf woman who heard sounds for the first time? Joanne Milne, who is also registered blind, had cochlear implants fitted, and her mother captured on film the first time she actually heard a voice
THE remarks by the country’s Chief Medical Officer about being overweight as the new normal are frightening. Dame Sally Davies reckons that “size inflation” in clothes’ shops already means that many of us are unaware that we’re wearing bigger sizes
IF you’re female and never tried the annual Midnight Memories Walk for Bolton Hospice do give it some serious consideration. The event takes place on Saturday, June 21when hundreds of females of all ages, but usually sporting something pink and glittery
ACTRESS Gwyneth Paltrow and musician Chris Martin’s explanation of the end of their marriage as “conscious uncoupling” was quite sweet if a bit posy. I’m slightly more worried, however, about general incidences of “unconscious coupling.” Headlines
YOU’VE just got to love actress Joan Collins, haven’t you? She’s nearly 81, but still looks great. Her eye make-up and nails are immaculate, she’s still got a beautiful face and a figure to make women decades younger jealous. Now, she’s created
INCREASINGLY, people are getting rather snobbish about the telly they watch – and it shows. Quite often these days someone will ask “Did you see that amazing documentary on global warming/mass spectrometers/particle physics?” or start a discussion
A BOLTON-based book binding company has landed a £1 million deal to use its expertise making parts for the aircraft industry. Bandatex is now set to boost its turnover by 500 per cent by utilising the same technology used to cut intricate patterns
ACCOUNTANT CLB Coopers has further added to its team with the recruitment of two associates who carry more than 40 years of industry and practice experience into the firm. Simon Carruthers and Rob Richardson join the firm from Grant Thornton where
AIR pollution in Bolton is still higher than usual as the UK continues to grapple with the effects of sand whipped up by a storm in the Sahara desert. The town's air quality index is set to be 5 for the rest of the day, which the Met Office classes
BOLTON Stop the War/ CND considers that all the parties to the Ukrainian crisis are in the wrong. There’s Russia for its illegal determination to regain the Crimea, which it gave to Ukraine in 1954. Also, the present Ukrainian government for
HALF a million people used food banks in the UK last year. Charitable support programmes are rapidly expanding but, nonetheless, a quarter of families are shrinking their portion sizes. Some 5,500 people were admitted to hospital for malnutrition
WE were sorry to read the outburst by Carol Riding in The Bolton News about the wonderful production of “This May Hurt a Bit” at the Octagon. The play was based generally upon historical facts where all political parties have “interfered” with
THE Prime Minister says that funds have been made available to local councils so they can freeze the current council tax. Why is Bolton not doing this? Mike Hurst Bolton
The Bolton News’ David Pye talks to chief football writer Marc Iles about the upcoming Roses clashes with Huddersfield Town and Doncaster Rovers. Among the topics of discussion are Lukas Jutkiewicz’s future, Adam Bogdan’s improvement and Jermaine
A SERIAL flasher who exposed himself to eight schoolgirls and young women is being hunted by police. The man has struck on eight separate occasions in Walkden and Eccles between since January this year. All have happened in the afternoon or
A SHAMELESS thief was caught on CCTV stealing a mountain rescue charity box from a Radcliffe hairdressers for the second time — this time armed with wire clippers. The Barber Shop in Deansgate was targeted last Wednesday by a man who stole Bolton
FROM the Rovers Return to Roy’s Rolls, it is one of the country’s most famous streets. From Saturday, fans of Coronation Street will have six months to walk the iconic cobbles one last time and go behind the scenes of the world’s longest-running
WHEN my trailblazing colleagues Elaine O’Flynn and Liam Thorp revealed earlier this week that rush-hour trains through Bolton would get bigger, I was absolutely delighted. Taking the train to work each morning and evening on the Preston-to-Bolton
A TALENTED cast of all ages is ready to bring a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical to the stage. Carousel will be performed by Farnworth Performing Arts at the Albert Halls, Bolton, from Wednesday, April 9 to Saturday, April 12. First
COMMUTERS at Bolton railway station have welcomed the news that more carriages are on the way to ease overcrowding. Coral Cameron, aged 20, from Great Lever, said: “The trains are rammed in the morning. You’re lucky if you can even get on one sometimes
BOLTON’S school dinners will still be the cheapest in the country after council bosses froze prices for another year. The cost will remain at £1.25, first introduced in 2011, for primary school children compared to the regional average of £2.05
CASH will be clawed back from a drug dealer. Libaan Mohammed was jailed for five years after being caught in a police sting. Prolific criminal Mohammed was arrested by police months after being released from prison while he was still on licence
A WOMAN fled from her burning house during a suspected arson attack. The woman, in her 50s, was awoken at her home in Stokesley Walk, Great Lever, at 1.20am yesterday by the sound of flames on the side and on the roof of her townhouse. She
THE hottest boy band in Sharples is not One Direction - but Wrong Direction. The young singers at Sharples school kicked off science week by performing a special STEM song for staff - that's Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Young
A FORMER Leigh man who sexually abused a four-year-old girl has been jailed for five years. The offences involving the little girl took place more than a decade ago but it was only in October, 2012, that she revealed to police what had happened
CLAIR Beswick knows better than anyone what the face of cancer looks like. The brave mum, who lost her daughter, Lily, to the disease at the age of 21 months, has joined forces with other mums to launch their own take on the #nomakeupselfie craze
A CYCLIST with a broken leg was carried about quarter of a mile by volunteers to a waiting mountain rescue team ambulance. Rossendale and Pendle Mountain Rescue Team was called to help an injured man near Turton Tower, off Chapeltown Road, Chapeltown
CHILDREN took over control of their Bolton school — and rather than running amok the clever youngsters proved they were a class act. Teachers at Pikes Lane Primary School found themselves replaced by bright young things who stood at the front of
ELEVEN couples will put their best foot forward and step out in front of hundreds of people for the Bolton Hospice Strictly Learn to Dance final show this weekend. The dancing duos have been mastering their steps for the past 10 weeks and will
WHEN little Joe Haywood was born, his parents were told he had a 50 per cent chance of suffering permanent brain damage. But thanks to pioneering emergency treatment, he is now a happy and healthy three-year-old who loves nothing more than riding
A LONG-RUNNING debate on how best to develop land on the Drake Hall estate in Westhoughton has moved closer to a resolution. Town councillors approved a plan for a detached bungalow at 33-47 Drake Hall, having deferred a decision at their last
A GROUP of veteran soldiers who fought in the Korean War in the 1950s have met in Bolton for the final time. The members of the Greater Manchester branch of the British Korean Veterans’ Association have been meeting annually at Christ Church, Egerton
AFTER his seven-year-old son was snatched while on holiday in Greece, devoted dad Ian Lomax felt life was not worth living and tried to commit suicide. Back in 1998, Christopher’s mum, Helen, snatched the couple’s son as her husband lay sleeping
A SERIES of musical concerts being held in Bolton reached its half way point last night. Bolton Music Centre Presents is an annual series of spring concerts to celebrate the talent of Bolton’s young performers. Last night’s show saw friends
HUDDERSFIELD Town have James Vaughan back in contention for Saturday’s home game with Wanderers. The Terriers’ top scorer returned to training after missing Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Reading because of illness. Vaughan has scored 12 goals this
WANDERERS Under-18s coach David Lee believes the performance of the club’s youngsters this season bodes well for the future. Lee and fellow ex-Wanderer Tony Kelly have overseen a positive second half of the campaign for the academy teenagers that
DOUGIE Freedman insists there will not be a mass exodus of players at the Reebok this summer. The Wanderers boss must make a decision on five out-of-contract players, along with at least two senior stars who have spent the season out on loan.
STAFF have reacted with anger over a supermarket’s plans to close its works canteens. If the proposals are approved, subsidised meals and up to 20 jobs could be lost at Asda’s four stores in Bolton. Axing the canteens and replacing them with
A POLICE officer who saw his father killed in a motorbike crash after he made a “simple error” has launched a campaign to ensure other riders get home safely. Grandfather Mike Mangan, aged 72, from Turton, suffered fatal injuries after crashing
